Trees, Shrubs and Vines 



46, tube yi', hairy within, in 2 or 3 adjacent whorls ; May, June. 

 Pennsylvania, west and north ; climbing 3*-5°. 



The Douglas variety has greener leaves, downy beneath or 

 hairy-edged when young, and crimson or purple blossoms ; Ohio 

 and west. 



49. Hairy Honeysuckle. (Lonicera hirsuta.) 



Leaf : 3-4', simple, opposite, entire, broad-oval, hairy below, 

 usually so above and on edge, higher pairs joined, lower short- 

 stemmed, branches hairy. Flower : orange-yellow, sticky (co- 

 rolla-lips as in 46, tube about >^' long, bulging at base), in ad- 

 jacent whorls ; July. Pennsylvania, west and north ; coarse, 

 large-leaved climber. 



50. Japanese Honeysuckle. (Lonicera japonica.) 

 Leaf : 1-2 >^', simple, opposite, entire, never joined, obovate 

 to oval, dark green till into winter ; branchlets hairy. Flower : 

 white, then light-yellow, in pairs, i}4' long, fragrant (corolla-lips 

 as in 46, tube hairy in- and out-side) ; June, July. Cultivated, and 

 becoming spontaneous ; twnning and trailing. 



51. Creeping Phlox. (P. reptans.) 

 Leaf: 1-2', simple, opposite, entire; roundish and thickish 

 on the creeping runners, oblong {}i') on flowering upright stems 

 (4-8'), latter leaves fine-hairy. Flower : reddish-purple (co- 

 rolla with long tube (i'), and flat, 5-lobed border (almost i'), 

 the lobes somewhat roundish), clustered at summit of stems ; 

 May, June. Pennsylvania and Kentucky, and south ; trailing, 

 herbaceous. 



52. Partridge-berry. (Mitchella repens.) 

 Leaf : }4' or more, simple, opposite, entire, roundish-ovate, 

 base slightly cordate, evergreen, glossy, smooth. Flower : 

 white or purple-tinged, Yz long, in pairs, fragrant (corolla fun- 

 nel-form, its 4 lobes spreading, hairy inside, stamens 4) ; June, 

 July ; fruit, a red, rather tasteless berry, double, resulting from 

 the pair of flowers, surmounted with 2 sets of calyx-teeth, lasting 

 into wnnter ; small, woody, trailing. (PI. V.) 

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